Birds to See in Chad in February
41 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
41 bird species on our list for Chad are recorded regularly in February. Of these, the most often recorded are Cattle Egret, Grey Heron, Spur-winged Goose, Wood Sandpiper and Ruff. New this month: African Jacana, House Sparrow, Grey Heron and Rose-ringed Parakeet and 28 more.
New in February32
- African Jacana
- House Sparrow
- Grey Heron
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Great White Egret
- Spur-winged Goose
- Wood Sandpiper
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Hoopoe
- Fork-tailed Drongo
- Western Marsh-harrier
- Little Egret
- Common Sandpiper
- Egyptian Goose
- Little Stint
- Barn Swallow
- Green Sandpiper
- European Turtle-dove
- Glossy Ibis
- Purple Heron
- Sand Martin
- Common Ostrich
- Garganey
- Greenshank
- Moorhen
- Booted Eagle
- Northern Shoveler
- Great Cormorant
- Kestrel
- Montagu's Harrier
- Little Grebe
Leaving after last month1
Winter visitors
(7)Present outside the breeding season
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Jul–May
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Blue-naped Mousebird
Urocolius macrourusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Passage migrants
(34)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Spur-winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensisLC
Regularly Feb–Apr
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jan–Mar
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Feb–Mar
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Feb
Common Ostrich
Struthio camelusLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Feb–Apr
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Feb
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Feb
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Feb
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Jan–Feb
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Feb
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Feb
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made